Accident & Emergency - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
Accident & Emergency: Theory into Practice is the comprehensive textbook for emergency nurses, covering the full range of emergency care issues, including trauma management and trauma care, the lifespan, psychological issues, physiology for practice, practice and professional issues. This book is about more than what a nurse should do; it is about why it should be done, leading to sustainable and safer practice.
The third edition of this ever-popular text expands its horizons to include contributions from emergency care professionals in New Zealand, Australia and the Republic of Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom.
Accident & Emergency: Theory into Practice is the comprehensive textbook for emergency nurses, covering the full range of emergency care issues, including trauma management and trauma care, the lifespan, psychological issues, physiology for practice, practice and professional issues. This book is about more than what a nurse should do; it is about why it should be done, leading to sustainable and safer practice.
The third edition of this ever-popular text expands its horizons to include contributions from emergency care professionals in New Zealand, Australia and the Republic of Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom.
Key Features
- Applied anatomy and physiology and how it changes in injury and ill health
- Treatment and management of a wide range of emergency conditions
- Includes emergency care across the life continuum, trauma management, psychological dimensions and practice and professional issues
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780702058790 |
|---|---|
| Main Author | Edited by Brian Dolan, OBE, FFNMRCSI, FRSA, MSc (Oxon), MSc (Nurs), RMN, RGN and Lynda Holt, MA, RGN, EN(G), DipHS |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Edition Number | 3 |
| Format | eBook |
| Trim | Other |
| Imprint | Bailliere Tindall |
| Page Count | 592 |
| Publication Date | 28 Nov 2013 |
| Stock Status | IN STOCK |


eBooks : Built for busy schedules & tailored for your goals.


Affordable knowledge, built for you
Get the resources you need-often at a lower cost than print. Quality content designed to support your goals, without stretching your budget.


Seamless access wherever you are


Always in sync


Tools that make learning stick
Your eBook is ready whenever you are!
1. Check your email for your access code.


2. Sign into or create your VitalSource account and redeem your code.


3. Open your eBook - ready whenever you are!
FAQ
The access code for your new eBook will be sent in your order confirmation email. Your code can also be accessed in your My Account section on the Elsevier webshop. If you do not receive your code within a few minutes, please check your spam folder.
Step-by-step guidance on how to download Bookshelf and also redeem your code can be found here.
The access code for your new eBook does not expire. However, we always suggest redeeming immediately after purchase to start experiencing the benefits of and insights from your purchase. Important to note - the code provided is a single use code and only valid for the edition you purchase. It does not provide access to past nor future editions of the title.
You will have unlimited access to your eBook on the device to which it was downloaded.
Discover the various learning features that our eBooks offer on the Bookshelf® Reader! For example, you can highlight different text passages, create notes and flashcards, have the text read to you, etc. Particularly practical: You can also use your eBooks offline. More information on the learning functions can be found on the Vitalsource page.
Quality is our top priority. That's why we collaborate with the leading eBook reader provider VitalSource. VitalSource has its own eBook reader Bookshelf®, which you can easily download. This reader is very user-friendly and offers more features than other standard readers. For example, you can highlight different text passages, create notes and flashcards, have the text read to you, etc. Particularly practical: You can also use your eBooks offline. More information can be found on the Vitalsource page.
Elsevier offers its eBooks in ePub format, as we believe this format is best suited to display our content ideally on as many devices as possible.
You cannot return eBooks. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Any questions ?
Top Picks from Our Community
eBook
eBook
Shadi Khalil
Aug 2026
eBook
Edited by Albert J. Heuer
Aug 2026
eBook
eBook
Edited by Michael P. Steinmetz
Jul 2026
eBook
Brittany Hunter
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Roberta L. Hines
Jul 2026
eBook
eBook
Gregory J. Hughes
Jul 2026
eBook
eBook
Edited by Wesley S. Moore
Jul 2026
eBook
Kambiz Motamedi
Jul 2026
eBook
Shelly Rainforth Collins
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Robert H. Anderson
Jul 2026
eBook
eBook
Edited by Mathew Chung
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Joy E. Tomlinson
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Neil J. Friedman
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Seth E. Kaplan
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Katherine P. Liao
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Natalia Nagornaya
Jul 2026
eBook
Lynn B. Jorde
Jul 2026
eBook
Edited by Waseem Anani
Jul 2026
eBook
eBook
Steven A. Cole
Jul 2026
1. Pre-hospital care
2. Trauma life support
3. Major incidents
4. Transportation of the acutely ill patient
Part 2 Trauma care
5. Head injuries
6. Skeletal injuries
7. Spinal injuries
8. Thoracic injuries
9. Abdominal injuries
10. Maxillofacial injuries
11. Burns
Part 3 Psychological dimensions
12. Aggression
13. Stress and stress management
14. Care of the bereaved
15. Mental health emergencies
Part 4 Life continuum
16. Infants
17. Pre-school child
18. Age 5 to puberty
19. Adolescence
20. Young adults
21. Middle years
22. Older people
Part 5 Physiology for ED practice
23. Physiology for ED practice
24. Wound care
25. Pain and pain management
26. Local and regional anaesthesia
Part 6 Emergency care
27. Cardiac emergencies
28. Medical emergencies
29. Surgical emergencies
30. Gynaecological and obstetric emergencies
31. Ophthalmic emergencies
32. Ear, nose and throat emergencies
Part 7 Practice issues in emergency care
33. People with learning disabilities
34. Health promotion
35. Triage
Part 8 Professional issues in ED
36. Leadership
37. Clinical decision-making
38. Ethical issues
39. Law
40. Health & safety
41. Managing issues of culture and power in ED
42. Improving patient flow

